
AISHEL HOUSE
What Is It?: A charity that offers “the comforts of home and community” — including meals, accommodations, Jewish chaplaincy, child care, and transportation — to patients who come to the Texas Medical Center from around the world.
Help Needed: Deliver meals, create holiday food or crafts for patients, help care for children of patients or family members, sing holiday songs for patient families, and perform other helpful tasks.
Minimum Age to Volunteer: Must be 13 to participate in the Junior Volunteer Program.
Help Needed
HOLIDAY CHEER PROJECT
Get together and create uplifting gifts, of food or crafts, which are given to the patients. These projects take place around the holidays and feature holiday themes.
NIGUN FOR THE NESHAMA (“Melody for the Soul”)
Musically talented volunteers visit with patients and lift their spirits with song. These events are usually arranged during holiday seasons.
CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE
Sometimes patients or their family members at the hospital are accompanied by young children. Volunteers help look after these children so parents can be free to attend to other needs.
MITZVAH WHEELS PROJECT
Teens who qualify for the Mitzvah Wheels Project can:
• Pick up or drop off patients and their family members at the airport.
• Take a patient or family member to get out a little and do some shopping, whether for groceries or just for fun – going to a mall, for example, or doing some sightseeing.
• Do grocery shopping for a family who simply cannot get out and do so on their own.
• Deliver a warm meal to the hospital or to a patient’s accommodations.
Aishel House
5th graders from Torah Day School, 2020
Emery Weiner students making challah, 2016
Meal delivery, 2103
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Meal delivery, 2011
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Meal delivery, 2016
Meal delivery, 2013
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Example of an Aishel House meal
Meal delivery, 2017
Meal delivery
2015
Chanukah cookies made by Aliza ad part of a Bat Mitzvah project, 2013
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Meal delivery 2013
An Aishel House meal, 2016
Meal delivery 2016
Donation of stuffed bears for Chanukah, 2013
2015
Event for new building, 2014
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Meal delivery, 2014
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Meal delivery, 2015
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Hamantaschen
Meal delivery, 2013
Meal delivery, 2014
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Gardening at Aishel House, 2013
Emery Weiner students, 2016
Meal delivery, 2014
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Meal delivery, 2017
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Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery
2013
Making hamantaschen, 2014
Purim baskets, 2014
Meal delivery, 2012
I am very interested in helping people with this program! Only problem is I am not able to drive yet. I am getting my license towards the end if summer but I would love to help with the other activities.
Hi there, thanks for your interest in Aishel House! I would suggest reaching out to Rachel at Aishel House by emailing [email protected], or calling 713-522-2004, to see if you can help with other activities. – Claire